Spiral Pocus

Happy Mother’s Day to the best Mom in the world! We love you very much. Of course you may never see this since you don’t read SP, but if you do then I guess you will be surprised. Also Happy Mother’s day to my own Mom. I know she will never read it this…man what the hell am I doing this for???

See the dugout in Concordia, KS

The dugout is where Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth, lived when he was in Kanas. Of course, the dugout is simply a hole in the ground. The man sounded like a bit of a loon.

Boston Corbett had a history of unorthodox actions. He wore his hair long in imitation of Jesus, changed his name from Thomas to “Boston” because he once lived in Boston, and castrated himself with a pair of scissors to avoid temptation from prostitutes.

Probably living in a hole would drive him to some of those things. Read the rest at Roadside America.

He’ll choose better music someday.

The manned cloud is an airship that will float at 18,000 feet.  It will take 10 days to circle the earth at a speed of 80 mph.

It is an ecologically friendly way to travel, leaving little impact on the environment without the need for hotels, according to the promoters. It could land for a few days or for a week if there is a big event going on.

The Manned Cloud is almost 700ft long, 270ft wide and 170ft deep. It has a restaurant, a library, a lounge and a gym on the first deck. On the second level there will be 20 passenger rooms, terraces with panoramic windows, a spa and a bar room.

Imagine watching the Superbowl from the manned cloud. I doubt the common folk will be able to afford such a cruise in the sky and they sorely need to change the name to something else - Air Carnival!

I don’t like graffiti.  It’s an eyesore and defacing property is just not a good thing for us semi-civilized folks.  But if it is going to be done then do it with some humor - some images and captions are NSFW .

My daughter has an interesting smile these days.  The gap left from her baby teeth’s departure has sparked a debate between us.  She says the gap looks like a bird.  I think it looks like a whale or maybe an elephant lying on its back.

I think I read of all of these - very simple and funny cartoon by Chris Bishop. I absolutely love the pig with sunglasses idea - that’s a winner.

Dodge the cubes - Its OK.

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassen - Excellent novel. Revenge theme with underlying tones of cynicism and humor. Scumbag tries to kill his wife, she’s rescued and sets out to make him pay. I learned something about the everglades and south Florida from this book.  I recommend it.

Sick Puppy by Carl Hiassen - Another excellent novel about a young man’s vigilante obsession with a well-connected litterbug. Near the end, it was contrived and not as good as Skinny Dip but I would probably feel differently if I had read this one first.  Hiassen has found a nice formula.

My son took some pictures. The first photo is supposed to be of my daughter who is standing beside me. All he captured was my rippling abs. He did better on the second photo - that’s me - He’s got quite the photographer’s eye. I usually don’t look that good.

Some people just wouldn’t get this.   See the rest.

The Wilderness Wiki is a community-based website dedicated to providing information on all aspects of wilderness living.

This seems to be more for the hard-core, militant outdoorsperson than it is for me i.e. the more casual lover of the outside.  While I love the outdoors, I also am accustomed to the creature comforts of modern day living and will never need to know how to snare a rabbit for a quick tasty meal.  I would try the twist bread though.

Some photos of what it takes to get the bird flying.  Pretty nice shots via dark roasted blend.

This strikes a little too close to home for many of us.  via